Canada’s food bank system and the global recession

According to a January 2009 report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), the need for food banks in Canada has risen dramatically since the food bank system was put in place in 1981, with the opening of the country’s first food bank in Edmonton.

Ten mistakes that sink collaborations!

Ten actions that can cause working collaborations to fail.

Greening the workspace

How organizations across Canada are going green.

Leaner times call for leaner measures

Following these 15 tips can help you save money and prepare for future funder and donor cutbacks.

Strategies to proactively assess the impact of the growing recession on your organization

This article provides you with a decision-making framework that will help you to assess the impact of the growing recession on your organization.

Lessons learned in a nonprofit world: Are we trying to reach targets or clients?

In this issue of Lessons Learned, we explore the challenges nonprofit organizations face in trying to be accountable to both funder and client, which are not always in alignment with each other.

Looking at how you do what you do: One way to collaborate

A look at a number of factors that can make collaboration in the voluntary sector quite difficult.

Governance Q&A: Buying carbon offsets for air travel

When traveling overseas, what should ethical charities do to reduce their carbon footprint?

Sharing: Today’s new models of change

This past June, the Centre for Social Innovation and Tides Canada organized a one-day event that explored the concept of shared spaces and shared service models.

Sharing for social change

Recently, 240 forward-thinking leaders from Ontario’s not-for-profit sector came together at Toronto’s MaRS Centre. They were there to tackle some classic business-type problems with strategies that would strengthen the bottom line and the organizational culture. To take productivity to the next level, they learned, try thinking sideways. Start sharing.